Natural gas companies depend on several factors that rarely move in isolation. Supply, demand, infrastructure, production, pricing, and policy all influence how gas gets bought, sold, transported, and delivered.

LDC Gas Forum Mid-Continent brings together professionals responsible for these decisions. The 38th annual forum takes place September 14 to 16, 2026, at the Westin River North in Chicago.

The event focuses on the commercial side of natural gas and LNG markets. Attendees get three days to hear different market perspectives, discuss current business issues, and connect with people working across the natural gas value chain.

Event Details

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Who’s in the Room

LDC Gas Forum Mid-Continent attracts professionals from production, transportation, marketing, supply, infrastructure, analytics, and end-use markets.

Each group approaches the market from a different position. Producers focus on supply and access to customers. Marketers watch pricing, transportation, and commercial opportunities. LDCs manage supply requirements and customer demand. Pipelines focus on capacity and gas movement.

Bringing these groups together gives you a broader view of what is happening across the market. You hear how other professionals are approaching the same issues your team deals with, then get time to continue those conversations directly.

For commercial and operational teams, this exchange provides useful context behind the market data they work with every day.

What’s on the 2026 Agenda

The 2026 program focuses on market conditions and the factors influencing natural gas business decisions.

Key areas include:

• Natural gas and LNG fundamentals, forecasts, and pricing
• LNG exports, industrial demand, and AI data center power needs
• Producing basins, associated gas, and dry gas supply
• Gas and electric coordination, energy policy, and regulation
• Technology and low-carbon developments across the natural gas industry

These topics connect market trends with practical decisions around supply, transportation, contracts, and operations.

New Demand Is Changing the Conversation

Natural gas demand is coming from several directions.

LNG exports and industrial consumption remain important parts of the market. Electricity demand from AI data centers adds another factor for companies to consider.

Data centers require large amounts of reliable power. Natural gas generation has a role in meeting those requirements, which creates questions around available supply, pipeline capacity, infrastructure investment, and future demand.

For natural gas companies, the impact reaches beyond market forecasts. Changes in demand influence supply commitments, transportation requirements, pricing, and operational planning.

The forum gives attendees a chance to hear how different parts of the industry are preparing for these changes.

Supply Is Only Part of the Equation

Securing gas does not complete the transaction. Companies also need reliable ways to transport and store supply.

Pipeline capacity, storage availability, regional constraints, and new infrastructure projects affect where gas moves and what commercial options companies have.

These issues matter to teams managing transportation agreements, supply commitments, nominations, scheduling, and customer demand.

The questions are practical. Where is capacity available? Where are constraints developing? Which projects will add new options? How will infrastructure changes affect future purchasing and transportation decisions?

LDC Gas Forum Mid-Continent gives market participants a place to discuss these questions with people working directly across supply and infrastructure.

Policy, Regulation, and Technology

Commercial decisions also depend on factors outside supply and demand.

Energy policy and regulation influence investment and operating requirements. Technology affects how companies manage transactions, data, and daily workflows. Low-carbon initiatives add new considerations for long-term planning.

Understanding these areas alongside market fundamentals gives natural gas professionals a clearer view of the issues influencing future business decisions.

Beyond the Sessions

The forum also gives attendees dedicated time to meet customers, suppliers, counterparties, and other industry professionals.

These conversations are an important part of the event.

A market session gives you information. A direct conversation helps you understand how another company views the same issue and what the change means for its business.

For professionals responsible for commercial strategy, operations, supply, or business development, three days in one location creates time to strengthen existing relationships and start new ones.

Connect with nGenue

Scott Vogan, Sean McGlothlin, Esti Arriaga, and Stephen Lawrence will represent nGenue at LDC Gas Forum Mid-Continent 2026.

Many topics discussed at the forum eventually reach the operational side of a natural gas business.

A supply agreement needs a contract. Moving gas requires nominations and scheduling. Transactions need accurate pricing. Delivered volumes need to reach billing and settlement. Producer volumes and LDC delivery data need a reliable place to live.

Commercial, operations, and finance teams also need consistent access to the same information. When data sits across spreadsheets and disconnected applications, teams spend more time checking records, correcting errors, and tracing information between systems.

nGenue builds software specifically for natural gas companies. The platform connects wholesale and retail gas management processes, including producer data, LDC delivery, contracts, pricing, scheduling, billing, and operational information.

Meet the nGenue team in Chicago to discuss how your organization manages these processes today. Bring the workflows that take too much time, depend on manual handoffs, or make information difficult to track. Scott, Sean, Esti, and Stephen will be available to discuss how a connected natural gas management system supports your operations.